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Table 4 Outcomes and complications

From: Outcomes following operative vs. non-operative management of blunt traumatic pancreatic injuries: a retrospective multi-institutional study

Variable

Operative group

Non-operative group

P value

Mortality status

 Dead (%)

27.6

3.1

0.010

 Alive (%)

72.4

96.9

 

Cause of death (%)

 CVA

14.3

0.0

 

 Shock

42.9

0.0

1.000

 Others

42.9

100.0

 

ICU admission (%)

86.2

50.0

0.003

30-day readmission (%)

0.0

12.5

0.116

Surgery 30 days after discharge (%)

0.0

6.3

0.494

Post-injury complications

 Pancreatitis (%)

20.7

46.9

0.032

 Pancreatic pseudocyst (%)

3.5

6.3

1.000

 Pancreatic hematoma (%)

17.2

6.3

0.241

 Pancreatic necrosis (%)

13.8

0.0

0.050

 Endocrine insufficiency (%)

3.5

0.0

0.475

 Intra-abdominal fluid collection (%)

69.0

21.9

0.0002

 TPN requirement (%)

42.9

22.6

0.096

ICU LOS (median, days)

5.0

4.0

0.065

Hospital LOS (median, days)

16.0

4.0

<0.0001

  1. CVA cerebrovascular accident, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, TPN total parenteral nutrition
  2. The italicized values are values that are at or below the statistical level of significance (0.05)